Masters Football
Encyclopedia
Masters football is a 6 a-side indoor football
Indoor soccer
Indoor soccer or arena soccer, or six-a-side football in the United Kingdom, is a game derived from association football adapted for play in an indoor arena such as a turf-covered hockey arena or skating rink. The most important difference in play is that the indoor field is surrounded by a wall...

 competition in the United Kingdom, where players over the age of 35 are chosen by the Masters Football Selection Committee to represent a senior club which they played for. Regional heats are held, and the winners of each go forward to a national finals competition. Events are contested over the course of a single evening, (usually on Saturdays or Sundays), with games played in two halves of eight minutes duration. The pitch is 60m by 30m, and there is no offside rule. Matches are televised live on the UK subscription channel Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...

. Carbrini Sportswear are the official kit supplier for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

Honours

Year Champion Runner-up Grand Final venue Golden Boot winner(s)
2000   Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

  Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

National Ice Centre (Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

)
  Ally McCoist
Ally McCoist
Alistair Murdoch "Ally" McCoist, MBE ; 24 September 1962) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Rangers in Scotland....

 (Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

)
2001   Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

  Bradford City
Bradford City A.F.C.
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....

??   John Taylor (Bradford City
Bradford City A.F.C.
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....

)
2002   Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

  Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

??   Peter Beardsley
Peter Beardsley
Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE is an English former footballer who played between 1979 and 1999. He once set a record transfer fee in the game and represented his country 59 times between 1986 and 1996, once as captain...

 (Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

)
2003   Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

  Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

??   Peter Beardsley
Peter Beardsley
Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE is an English former footballer who played between 1979 and 1999. He once set a record transfer fee in the game and represented his country 59 times between 1986 and 1996, once as captain...

 (Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

)
2004   Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

  Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

??   John Durnin
John Durnin
John Paul Durnin is an English footballer, now retired, who scored 100 goals in 475 league appearances over a career spanning close to two decades....

 (Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

)
2005   Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

  Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

??   Paul Moran
Paul Moran (English footballer)
Paul Moran is a retired English football forward.-References:*...

 (Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

)
2006   Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

  Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

National Indoor Arena
National Indoor Arena
The National Indoor Arena is a large indoor arena and is owned by the NEC Group. It is situated in central Birmingham, England and was opened in 1991, as the largest indoor arena at the time in the UK...

 (Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

)
  John Durnin
John Durnin
John Paul Durnin is an English footballer, now retired, who scored 100 goals in 475 league appearances over a career spanning close to two decades....

 (Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

)
2007   Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

  Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

M.E.N. Arena (Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

)
  Owen Coyle
Owen Coyle
Owen Columba Coyle is a Scottish-born Irish international former professional player and professional association football manager . He is currently the manager of Bolton Wanderers....

 (Motherwell
Motherwell F.C.
Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...

)
2008   Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

  Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

LG Arena (Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

)
  Craig Hignett
Craig Hignett
Craig Hignett, , is an English former professional footballer who now works as an agent and a commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live...

 (Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

)
2009   Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers F.C.
Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...

  Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

Echo Arena Liverpool (Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

)
  Carbone
Benito Carbone
Benito known as Benny Carbone is a retired Italian professional footballer and former manager of Serie B club Varese. He played as a forward, winger or midfielder...

 /   Goodman
Don Goodman
Don Goodman is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.-Career:Born in Leeds, Goodman played for Bradford City, West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Barnsley, Motherwell, Walsall, Exeter City, Doncaster Rovers and Stafford...

 / Hignett
Craig Hignett
Craig Hignett, , is an English former professional footballer who now works as an agent and a commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live...

2010   Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

  Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers F.C.
Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...

LG Arena (Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

)
  Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart (footballer)
Graham Charles Stuart is a former English football player who played as an attacking midfielder. He retired after being released by Norwich City on 17 May 2005....

 (Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

)
2011   Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

  Leeds United M.E.N. Arena (Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

)
  Darren Huckerby
Darren Huckerby
Darren Huckerby is a former English footballer who played as a forward.-Early career:Huckerby was born in Nottingham, England. His mother is of partial Georgian descent. Huckerby started playing professionally for Lincoln City, before signing for Newcastle United in a £400,000 deal in 1995...

 (Leeds United)

Venues used

Venue Location
  Braehead Arena
Braehead Arena
The Braehead Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Renfrewshire, Scotland, in the western part of the Glasgow conurbation. The arena was built in 1999, and is located within the Braehead Complex....

Renfrew
Renfrew
-Local government:The town of Renfrew gave its name to a number of local government areas used at various times:*Renfrew a town to the west of Glasgow*Renfrewshire, the present unitary local council area in which Renfrew is situatated....

  Echo Arena Liverpool Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

  LG Arena Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

  M.E.N. Arena Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

  Metro Radio Arena Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

  National Ice Centre Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

  National Indoor Arena
National Indoor Arena
The National Indoor Arena is a large indoor arena and is owned by the NEC Group. It is situated in central Birmingham, England and was opened in 1991, as the largest indoor arena at the time in the UK...

Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

  Odyssey Arena
Odyssey (Belfast)
The Odyssey Arena is a large sports and entertainment centre situated in Titanic Quarter, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was jointly funded by the Millennium Commission, the Laganside Corporation, the DCAL, the Sheridan Group and the Sports Council for Northern Ireland. The Arena opened in 2000 with...

Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

  Planet Ice Arena
Planet Ice Milton Keynes
Planet Ice Milton Keynes is a 2,200-capacity multi-purpose ice rink/hockey rink in Milton Keynes, England, near the Central station. It was built in 1991 . It is one of several ice skating arenas in the UK operated by the Planet Ice Arenas company...

Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...

  Sheffield Arena Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

  SkyDome Arena
SkyDome Arena
The SkyDome Arena is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Coventry, England. It was built in 1999. It is home to the Coventry Blaze Ice hockey team...

Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

  Wales National Ice Rink
Wales National Ice Rink
The Wales National Ice Rink was an ice rink in Cardiff, Wales. It was the former home of the Cardiff Devils ice hockey team. The WNIR was opened in 1986 and was demolished in September 2006....

Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

  Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...

London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...


Referees

Two referees are chosen to officiate in each event, from the following list. They are all FA
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

-endorsed.
  • David Elleray
    David Elleray
    David Roland Elleray , is an English former football referee, who officiated in the Football League, the FA Premier League and for FIFA.-Career:...

  • Dermot Gallagher
    Dermot Gallagher
    Dermot J. Gallagher is a retired English-based association football referee, who lives in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He refereed in the Premier League of English football until May 2007.-Career:...

  • Peter Jones
    Peter Jones (referee)
    Peter Jones ) is an English football referee, who retired from officiating at the end of the 2001-02 season. He lives in Quorn, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, and works as a referee assessor.-Career:...

  • Steve Lodge
    Stephen Lodge (referee)
    Stephen John Lodge is an English former football referee, who retired from top-flight officiating at the end of the 2000-2001 season. He lives in Barnsley, Yorkshire, has a wife and one son, and works as a local government officer....

  • Kevin Lynch
  • Uriah Rennie
    Uriah Rennie
    Uriah D. Rennie is a retired English football referee.-Career:He began refereeing in 1979 in local leagues, then operated in the Northern Premier League until 1994, at which time he was appointed to the Football League List of referees.He was given his first Premiership appointment on 23 August...

  • John R. Underhill
    John R. Underhill
    John R. Underhill is Professor of Stratigraphy in the Grant Institute of Earth Sciences in the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and Associate Professor in the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University...

  • Jeff Winter
    Jeff Winter
    Jeff Winter is a former FA Premier League referee from Middlesbrough in the north-east of England.-Refereeing career:Winter took charge of the 2004 FA Cup Final between Manchester United and Millwall, his final game as a professional referee before retirement...


2007 National Masters

The 2007 Masters got underway on 3 June 2007 with the Northern Masters in Newcastle.

Results

Northern Masters
  • 3 June - Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

    TeamPldPtsGD
    Newcastle United
    Newcastle United F.C.
    Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

    3 7 +3
    Middlesbrough
    Middlesbrough F.C.
    Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

    3 6 +2
    Sunderland
    Sunderland A.F.C.
    Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

    3 3
    Hartlepool United
    Hartlepool United F.C.
    Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...

    3 1

  • Sunderland 3-1 Hartlepool United
  • Middlesbrough 0-1 Newcastle United
  • Middlesbrough 2-1 Sunderland
  • Newcastle United 1-1 Hartlepool United
  • Hartlepool United 0-2 Middlesbrough
  • Newcastle United 3-1 Sunderland

FINAL - Newcastle United 3-1 Middlesbrough

Coventry Masters
  • 9 June - Sky Dome
    SkyDome Arena
    The SkyDome Arena is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Coventry, England. It was built in 1999. It is home to the Coventry Blaze Ice hockey team...

    , Coventry
    Coventry
    Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

    TeamPldPtsGD
    Liverpool
    Liverpool F.C.
    Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

    3 7 +3
    Leicester City 3 5 +4
    Everton
    Everton F.C.
    Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

    3 3
    Coventry City 3 1

  • Liverpool 3-3 Leicester City
  • Coventry City 2-3 Everton
  • Everton 0-4 Leicester City
  • Coventry City 2-4 Liverpool
  • Liverpool 3-2 Everton
  • Leicester City 4-4 Coventry City

FINAL - Liverpool 3-5 Leicester City

Midlands Masters
  • 16 June - NIA
    National Indoor Arena
    The National Indoor Arena is a large indoor arena and is owned by the NEC Group. It is situated in central Birmingham, England and was opened in 1991, as the largest indoor arena at the time in the UK...

    , Birmingham
    Birmingham
    Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

    TeamPldPtsGD
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 6 +1
    Birmingham City 3 4 0
    Aston Villa 3 4 0
    West Bromwich Albion 3 2

  • West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Aston Villa
  • Birmingham City 2-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Birmingham City 2-2 West Bromwich Albion
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Aston Villa
  • West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Aston Villa 2-3 Birmingham City

FINAL - Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 Birmingham City

Yorkshire Masters
  • 23 June - Sheffield Arena, Sheffield
    Sheffield
    Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

    TeamPldPtsGD
    Rotherham United 3 6 +3
    Leeds United 3 6 +1
    Sheffield Wednesday 3 3
    Sheffield United 3 3

  • Rotherham United 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday
  • Rotherham United 4-2 Sheffield United
  • Rotherham United 1-2 Leeds United
  • Sheffield United 3-2 Leeds United
  • Sheffield Wednesday 2-3 Leeds United
  • Sheffield Wednesday 4-2 Sheffield United

FINAL - Rotherham United 1-3 Leeds United

North West Masters
  • 30 June - MEN Arena
    Manchester Evening News Arena
    The Manchester Evening News Arena is an indoor arena situated in Manchester, England. It is adjacent to Manchester Victoria station near Corporation Street...

    , Manchester
    Manchester
    Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

    TeamPldPtsGD
    Manchester United 3 7 +2
    Wigan Athletic 3 4 +3
    Manchester City 3 4
    2
    Bolton Wanderers
    Bolton Wanderers F.C.
    Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

    3 1

  • Manchester City 4-1 Bolton Wanderers
  • Manchester United 2-1 Wigan Athletic
  • Wigan Athletic 3-3 Manchester City
  • Bolton Wanderers 3-3 Manchester United
  • Bolton Wanderers 1-5 Wigan Athletic
  • Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City

FINAL - Manchester United 2-1 Wigan Athletic

Central Masters
  • 7 July - Nottingham Arena, Nottingham
    Nottingham
    Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

    TeamPldPtsGD
    Nottingham Forest 3 7 +3
    Notts County 3 6 +1
    Derby County
    Derby County F.C.
    Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

    3 4 0
    Stoke City 3 0

  • Nottingham Forest 3-3 Derby County
  • Stoke City 0-1 Notts County
  • Nottingham Forest 4-2 Stoke City
  • Derby County 2-3 Notts County
  • Derby County 2-1 Stoke City
  • Notts County 1-2 Nottingham Forest

FINAL - Notts County 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Nottingham Forest win 4-2 on penalties)

Scottish Masters
  • 14 July - Braehead Arena
    Braehead Arena
    The Braehead Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Renfrewshire, Scotland, in the western part of the Glasgow conurbation. The arena was built in 1999, and is located within the Braehead Complex....

    , Glasgow
    Glasgow
    Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

    TeamPldPtsGD
    Motherwell
    Motherwell F.C.
    Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...

    3 7 +3
    Celtic
    Celtic F.C.
    Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

    3 5
    3
    St Mirren 3 4
    Rangers
    Rangers F.C.
    Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

    3 0

  • Motherwell 3-2 Rangers
  • Celtic 1-1 St Mirren
  • St Mirren 0-2 Motherwell
  • Rangers 2-5 Celtic
  • Motherwell 4-4 Celtic
  • Rangers 3-4 St Mirren

FINAL - Motherwell 5-1 Celtic

London Masters
  • 21 July - Wembley Arena
    Wembley Arena
    Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...

    , London
    TeamPldPtsGD
    Chelsea
    Chelsea F.C.
    Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

    3 9 +3
    Tottenham Hotspur 3 6 +3
    West Ham United 3 3
    Arsenal
    Arsenal F.C.
    Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

    3 0

  • Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
  • Arsenal 1-2 West Ham United
  • West Ham United 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur
  • Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea
  • Chelsea 4-3 West Ham United
  • Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Arsenal

FINAL - Chelsea 4-4 Tottenham Hotspur (Chelsea win 3-1 on penalties)

Grand Final
  • 9 September - M.E.N. Arena, Manchester
    Manchester
    Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

    • FINALISTS: Chelsea
      Chelsea F.C.
      Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

      , Leeds United
      Leeds United A.F.C.
      Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

      , Leicester City
      Leicester City F.C.
      Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

      , Manchester United
      Manchester United F.C.
      Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

      , Motherwell
      Motherwell F.C.
      Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...

      , Newcastle United
      Newcastle United F.C.
      Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

      , Nottingham Forest
      Nottingham Forest F.C.
      Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

       and Wolverhampton Wanderers
      Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
      Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...



2006 National Masters

At each venue, each team played each other once in the group stage, which was followed by the final, played between the top two teams of the group to determine the qualifying team for the Grand Final. The Grand Final was contested on a knock-out basis.

Results

Scottish Masters
  • 2 July - Braehead Arena
    Braehead Arena
    The Braehead Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Renfrewshire, Scotland, in the western part of the Glasgow conurbation. The arena was built in 1999, and is located within the Braehead Complex....

    , Glasgow
    Glasgow
    Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...


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Rangers 3 6 +5
Motherwell 3 6 +4
Celtic 3 6 0
Hearts 3 0

  • Hearts 2-7 Rangers
  • Celtic 1-3 Motherwell
  • Motherwell 4-1 Hearts
  • Celtic 4-3 Rangers
  • Hearts 1-2 Celtic
  • Rangers 3-2 Motherwell

FINAL - Rangers 3-0 Motherwell

Northern Masters
  • 8 July - Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...


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Newcastle United 3 9 +7
Middlesbrough 3 6 +5
Sunderland 3 3
Hartlepool United 3 0

  • Middlesbrough 4-0 Sunderland
  • Newcastle United 3-1 Hartlepool United
  • Sunderland 3-1 Hartlepool United
  • Middlesbrough 1-3 Newcastle United
  • Hartlepool United 4-6 Middlesbrough
  • Newcastle United 5-2 Sunderland

FINAL - Newcastle 3-3 Middlesbrough (Newcastle win 4-3 on penalties)

Southern Masters
  • 15 July - Wembley Arena
    Wembley Arena
    Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...

    , London

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Chelsea 3 7 +4
Queens Park Rangers 3 7 +4
Southampton 3 3
West Ham United 3 0

  • Chelsea 4-4 Queens Park Rangers
  • West Ham United 1-2 Southampton
  • Queens Park Rangers 2-1 West Ham United
  • Southampton 1-3 Chelsea
  • Queens Park Rangers 3-0 Southampton
  • Chelsea 6-4 West Ham United

FINAL - Chelsea 5-1 Queens Park Rangers

London Masters
  • 16 July - Wembley Arena
    Wembley Arena
    Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...

    , London

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Tottenham Hotspur 3 9 +5
Watford 3 4 -1
Arsenal 3 2
Wimbledon 3 1

  • Watford 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
  • Arsenal 0-0 Wimbledon
  • Watford 4-4 Arsenal
  • Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Wimbledon
  • Watford 3-2 Wimbledon
  • Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal

FINAL - Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 Watford

Midlands Masters
  • 22 July - National Indoor Arena
    National Indoor Arena
    The National Indoor Arena is a large indoor arena and is owned by the NEC Group. It is situated in central Birmingham, England and was opened in 1991, as the largest indoor arena at the time in the UK...

    , Birmingham
    Birmingham
    Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...


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Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 6 +2
Birmingham City 3 5 +2
West Bromwich Albion 3 4
Aston Villa 3 1

  • Birmingham City 2-2 West Bromwich Albion
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Aston Villa
  • West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Aston Villa
  • Birmingham City 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • West Bromwich Albion 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Aston Villa 1-1 Birmingham City

FINAL - Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Birmingham City

Central Masters
  • 23 July - Nottingham Arena, Nottingham
    Nottingham
    Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...


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Leicester City 3 7 +3
Nottingham Forest 3 5 +2
Derby County 3 4 0
Notts County 3 0

  • Leicester City 2-0 Notts County
  • Nottingham Forest 1-1 Derby County
  • Nottingham Forest 0-0 Leicester City
  • Derby County 2-1 Notts County
  • Derby County 1-2 Leicester City
  • Notts County 0-2 Nottingham Forest

FINAL - Leicester City 3-1 Nottingham Forest

Yorkshire Masters
  • 29 July - Sheffield Arena, Sheffield
    Sheffield
    Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...


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Leeds United 3 7 +6
Sheffield United 3 5 +1
Rotherham United 3 3 0
Sheffield Wednesday 3 1

  • Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Leeds United
  • Sheffield United 2-1 Rotherham United
  • Sheffield United 2-2 Leeds United
  • Rotherham United 5-1 Sheffield Wednesday
  • Leeds United 4-1 Rotherham United
  • Sheffield Wednesday 2-2 Sheffield United

FINAL - Leeds United 5-1 Sheffield United

North West Masters
  • 30 July - M.E.N. Arena
    Manchester Evening News Arena
    The Manchester Evening News Arena is an indoor arena situated in Manchester, England. It is adjacent to Manchester Victoria station near Corporation Street...

    , Manchester
    Manchester
    Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...


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Liverpool 3 9 +3
Manchester City 3 6 +1
Everton 3 1
Manchester United 3 1

  • Manchester City 3-4 Liverpool
  • Manchester United 2-2 Everton
  • Everton 2-3 Manchester City
  • Liverpool 3-2 Manchester United
  • Everton 3-4 Liverpool
  • Manchester United 2-3 Manchester City

FINAL - Liverpool 7-3 Manchester City

Grand Final
3 September - National Indoor Arena
National Indoor Arena
The National Indoor Arena is a large indoor arena and is owned by the NEC Group. It is situated in central Birmingham, England and was opened in 1991, as the largest indoor arena at the time in the UK...

, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...


Top scorers
Name Team Scored
Durnin Liverpool 9
Zola Chelsea 7
Beardsley Newcastle 5
Walters Rangers 5
Butler Watford 4
Coyle Motherwell 4
Hendrie Middlesbrough 4
McCoist Rangers 4
Oldfield Manchester City 4


Player of the Tournament
  • Stuart McCall
    Stuart McCall
    Andrew Stuart Murray McCall , usually known as Stuart McCall, is a former footballer who played in central midfield. He played a total of 763 league games during his career, the 13th highest of all British footballers...

     - Rangers Masters

Champions

Year Champion
1999   Wales Masters
2000   Wales Masters
2001 All-Ireland Masters
2002 not held
2003   Wales Masters
2004   England Masters
2005 not held
2006 not held
2007 All-Ireland Masters
2008 not held
2009 All-Ireland Masters

Home Nations Masters 2004

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England 3 9 +3
Wales 3 4 0
Scotland 3 2
All-Ireland 3 1

  • England 4-3 Wales
  • Scotland 4-4 All-Ireland
  • England 3-2 Scotland
  • All-Ireland 1-2 Wales
  • England 2-1 All-Ireland
  • Wales 2-2 Scotland

FINAL - England 6-2 Wales

Champions

Year Champion
2005   Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...


European Masters Cup 2005

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Ajax 3 9 +8
Rangers 3 4 0
Chelsea 3 3
Bayern Munich 3 1

  • Chelsea 3-2 Bayern Munich
  • Ajax 4-2 Rangers
  • Bayern Munich 2-4 Ajax
  • Chelsea 3-5 Rangers
  • Ajax 6-2 Chelsea
  • Rangers 4-4 Bayern Munich

FINAL - Ajax 1-6 Rangers

International Masters Cup 2006

TeamPldPtsGD
Holland 3 7 +3
All-Ireland 3 4 +1
France 3 3
England 3 2

  • England 2-2 Holland
  • All-Ireland 5-3 France
  • France 4-3 England
  • Holland 3-2 All-Ireland
  • Holland 4-2 France
  • All-Ireland 4-4 England

FINAL - Holland 5-2 All Ireland

Champions

Year Champion
2008   Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

2009   Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...


Media coverage

  • In England, Masters Football is sponsored by and broadcast on Sky Sports
    Sky Sports
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  • In Australia, Masters Football is broadcast by Setanta Sports Australia
    Setanta Sports Australia
    Setanta Sports Australia is a sports television channel operating in Australia and is available to homes and businesses across all of Australia...

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